post-Homeric epic

C17303
concept

A post-Homeric epic is a long narrative poem composed after and in conscious relation to the Homeric epics, typically expanding, reinterpreting, or supplementing episodes and characters from the Iliad and Odyssey within the same mythological tradition.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
retelling of the Trojan War 3
work in the Epic Cycle 2
Greek epic poem 1

Description generation (CDg)

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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: post-Homeric epic
Generated description
A post-Homeric epic is a long narrative poem composed after and in conscious relation to the Homeric epics, typically expanding, reinterpreting, or supplementing episodes and characters from the Iliad and Odyssey within the same mythological tradition.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Nostoi (Returns)
surface form: Nostoi
Little Iliad work in the Trojan Cycle
The Troy Book retelling of the Trojan War
The Destruction of Troy retelling of the Trojan War
Iliou Persis work in the Epic Cycle
Cypria (lost epic)
surface form: Cypria
work in the Epic Cycle
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica Greek epic poem
Mikra Ilias poem of the Trojan Cycle
Guido delle Colonne's Historia destructionis Troiae retelling of the Trojan War